Beneath the endless yellow sand, a group of figures, their backs adorned with wings of Dou Qi, flew low into the sky.
"Everyone, we've reached our destination ahead. We're approaching the Snake-People tribe!"
As they ventured deeper, Hai Bodong's expression grew increasingly solemn. If it weren't for the many Dou Wangs beside him, especially Hu Qian, a peak Dou Huang, he would never have been here.
After flying for some time, Hai Bodong slowly descended to a certain location. Without him needing to say anything, Lin Feng and the others sensed the extremely dense fire-attribute energy in this place. Of course, if Hai Bodong hadn't sensed its fluctuations over the past few decades, no one would have associated it with a strange fire.
"Master Lin Feng, this is the last place I sensed."
Lin Feng walked slowly across the desert, carefully sensing the area before activating his Five Elements Barrier and speaking.
"Elder Zhang, thank you for your help!"
"Elder Lin Feng, you're too kind. It's just a small favor." Elder Zhang was indeed a pragmatist. Seeing that Lin Feng had set up the barrier, he immediately used his Xuan-rank battle technique.
"Buzz!"
The familiar pillar of light reappeared in Lin Feng and the others' sight. In no time, a wide passage appeared.
"Whoosh!"
Lin Feng, slightly excited, was the first to enter. Seeing this, Hai Bodong, Hu Qian, and the others did not delay. They spread their battle qi wings and followed.
The familiar magma reappeared. Lin Feng sensed it briefly and couldn't help but feel delighted. "Two-headed Fire Spirit Serpent, it really is you!"
He raised his hand to signal the people behind him to suppress their auras. Lin Feng also suppressed himself to the early stage of the Battle Spirit realm. Then, a ball of battle qi appeared in his palm and he threw it into the magma. An explosion suddenly rang out. The
explosion
seemed to awaken the slumbering magical beasts. A strange roar rang in Lin Feng's ears, followed by a powerful serpentine magical beast exuding the aura of a peak Dou Ling level, suddenly leaping out of the lava and hissing fiercely at Lin Feng, its eyes bloodshot.
"Serpentine magical beast, with two heads, that's you!"
The two-headed fire spirit serpent was furious. It had been soundly asleep when some beast blew up its home, waking it up with a loud noise. Filled with rage, it charged out, intending to teach the thief who dared to disturb its peaceful slumber a lesson.
Seeing that Lin Feng was alone and that his aura was only at the Dou Ling level, the already unintelligent fire spirit serpent grew even more enraged. Without much thought, it opened its foul-smelling maw and spewed a jet of lava at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng dodged it, and the fire spirit serpent, seeing this, became even more rampant, continuously launching ranged attacks at Lin Feng. Lin Feng's performance became increasingly poor, his body already bearing numerous wounds.
Seeing this, the fire python's wariness vanished completely, and it swiftly attacked Lin Feng.
"It's taken the bait!"
Lin Feng was secretly delighted by the fire python's actions. When the fire python was completely away from the lava field, less than a hundred meters away from him, Lin Feng suddenly unleashed a powerful aura, five-colored battle qi rising from his palm.
"Far from the lava field, still want to be arrogant?"
Five enormous figures appeared around the fire python, their powerful, noble, and ancient auras suppressing it, rendering it unable to move.
"Tear!"
The two-headed fire spirit serpent hissed uneasily in place. Every time it tried to break through the seal and return to the magma land, the Five Elements Sacred Beast roared angrily, suppressing it fiercely.
"Buzz!"
With a change of hand gestures, an array appeared beneath the Five Elements Sacred Beast's feet, spinning rapidly in the next instant. When a certain opportunity arose, the Five Elements Sacred Beast transformed into two colorless light wheels, firmly imprinting themselves on the two-headed fire spirit serpent's head.
"Roar!"
As the array dissipated, the two-headed fire spirit serpent instantly pounced towards Lin Feng, but just before contact, it abruptly lowered its head, bowing before him with a docile expression.
"I didn't expect the aura of the Five Elements Sacred Beast to have such an effect on these low-level magical beasts."
Gently stroking the smooth, burning snake head, Lin Feng sighed inwardly. Originally, he only intended to lure the two-headed fire spirit serpent out of the magma land, then use the Five Elements Sealing Technique to forcibly control it, making it lead the way to the location of the strange fire.
Unexpectedly, upon sensing the noble aura within its mind, it immediately submitted. This made sense; even though Lin Feng's Five Elements Sacred Beasts resembled it in form but not in spirit, they were still far superior to these mere fourth or fifth-tier magical beasts.
"Master Lin Feng, what is this?"
After Lin Feng tamed the two-headed fire spirit snake, Hai Bodong and the others emerged from the shadows, expressing their confusion.
"Every rare treasure has a guardian! This must be the guardian spirit beast. Although it's only a peak fourth-tier magical beast, given its natural advantage in this lava environment, even Vice Dean Hu Qian might not be able to easily subdue it,"
Lin Feng continued, seeing the knowing expressions on Hai Bodong and the others' faces. "If the battle fluctuates too much, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Snake-People."
"Now," looking at the docile two-headed fire spirit snake in his palm, "we'll have to rely on it to lead us to the location of that strange fire!"
Indeed, Lin Feng's purpose in calling Dean Hu Qian, many elders of the academy, and even the Dou Huang powerhouse Hai Bodong, was not to let them watch the show.
The original story clearly states that even Queen Medusa, with her peak Dou Huang power, had to leave many traces before she could take away this rare treasure. Even if she took the lotus seat with her, what a joke! Faced with the danger lurking in the dark, how could such a rare treasure be so obedient?
It would probably have its Dou Qi energy completely absorbed by its dense roots as soon as it got close!
"Go, lead us to the place where the fire attribute energy is strongest!"
Lin Feng said softly, gently stroking the two-headed fire spirit snake's head.
Hearing Lin Feng's words, a trace of fear flashed in the docile eyes of the two-headed fire spirit snake, and at this moment, the five-colored halos in its two heads flashed a bright light. It let out a soft hiss, nodded to Lin Feng, and then leaped into the lava.
Seeing the two-headed fire spirit serpent had entered, Lin Feng and the others didn't delay any longer. Enveloped in their battle qi, they all jumped into the lava.
Within the seemingly endless crimson lava, a serpentine beast darted forward, occasionally looking back. Seeing the group following behind, it continued its rapid advance.
As they ventured deeper, the lava's temperature soared after crossing a certain threshold. Even some Battle Spirits would find the intense heat unbearable. Fortunately, even the weakest among them were at the peak of the Battle King realm, so they were unharmed.
After traveling for some time, the two-headed fire spirit serpent stopped, hesitant, as if something terrifying lay ahead, filling it with dread. At that moment, a blue light appeared before their eyes.
"Found you, Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame!"
(End of Chapter)